Shloka 3
यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure
कि निमित्तं स नित्यं हि पार्थ: सुखविवर्जित: । अतीव विजयो धीमन्निति मे दूयते मनः
kiṁ nimittaṁ sa nityaṁ hi pārthaḥ sukhavivarjitaḥ | atīva vijayo dhīmann iti me dūyate manaḥ ||
尤提希提罗说道：“究竟因何缘故，帕尔塔（阿周那）似乎总是与快乐无缘？噢，睿智的阇那尔达那啊，纵然他屡获大胜，我心仍为此念而痛。每当我独坐沉思阿周那，便悲从中来：在我们之中，他不断承担着最大的苦难。为何般度之子阿周那总被隔绝于安逸与满足之外？”
युधिष्ठिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a moral tension central to the Mahābhārata: outward success (vijaya) does not guarantee inner well-being (sukha). Yudhiṣṭhira’s compassion and self-scrutiny frame an ethical inquiry into why the most dutiful and capable person may still bear disproportionate suffering—inviting reflection on dharma, the costs of responsibility, and the limits of worldly achievement.
In the Aśvamedhika context after the great war, Yudhiṣṭhira speaks to Kṛṣṇa (Janārdana). Sitting in solitude, he reflects on Arjuna’s life and feels grief that Arjuna—though repeatedly victorious—seems continually deprived of happiness. He asks Kṛṣṇa to explain the cause of this pattern of suffering.